Custom Poster Frame for Video Thumbnails
When a video is uploaded to Box the preview thumbnail is automatically pulled from a frame 10% into the video. For media and entertainment clients this can be a challenge because that frame is often an unflattering still of a talent mid-speech or in an awkward pose. That's the first thing clients see when they log in to review a file.
Platforms like YouTube and Vimeo have a great implementation of this where you can pick a specific frame or upload a custom image as the thumbnail. It would be wonderful to see something similar in Box.
On the technical side a custom poster frame can already be embedded directly into an MP4 file using FFmpeg. If Box could read that embedded metadata when generating the preview thumbnail it would give users a straightforward way to control what clients see without needing any changes to the upload process.
Manuel@PREMIERETV.com
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